A Behavioral Health Integration Primer for Health Centers

January 29 – May 7, 2025
(8 sessions, every other Wednesday)
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Optional 30-minute office hours to follow

Description:

This interactive Community of Practice (CoP) is tailored to support health center staff who are new to behavioral health integration, or who may want a refresher, as they implement and sustain effective integrated care models for their care settings. Leveraging expert-led presentations and facilitated peer discussions, this eight-session CoP will provide health center staff an opportunity to learn about and exchange effective strategies to achieve successful behavioral health integration. Key topics such as evidence-based integrated care models; levels of primary care and behavioral health integration; strategies for establishing an effective, team-based integrated care culture; and practices for applying a systems-level approach to comprehensive integrated care will be discussed. Optional 30-minute office hours follow each session for more support.

Behavioral health professionals may earn one continuing education credit for attending each CoP session.

Objectives:

At the end of this CoP, participants will be able to:

• Articulate differences between common integrated care models 
• Identify current level of integration within their health center
• Describe five foundational aspects of effective integrated care 
• Determine key distinguishing factors of various levels of integrated care
• Identify strategies to influence language and communication for a robust integrated care culture
• Apply a systems approach to more effective and sustainable integrated care model within their health center 

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